'309 LANCASHIRE RECUSANTS AND QUAKERS following lists afford some details of the re- -L ligious conditions in Lancashire and Cheshire in the time of Charles II, and may be regarded as supplementary to Mr. Irvine's account of the Chester diocesan records of the same period. Something was shown of the Nonconformists' grievances in the extracts from Sir Roger Bradshaigh's Letter Book, in the last volume of Transactions. RECUSANTS IN WEST DERBY HUNDRED At the general gaol delivery at Lancaster Castle on 6th September, 18 Charles II (1666), it was presented that the following persons, though all of sixteen years of age and upwards on ist December 1665, "did not repair" to their parish church or other place of Common Prayer, but had obsti­ nately forborne to do so for three months or more.1 It will be noticed that the names, about 500 in all, belong to West Derby hundred, though there is not a single Liverpool one among them ; but the assize roll contains nothing to show why the other hundreds, which could have trebled this list, were not reported upon. Perhaps the church­ wardens and others had been remiss, or perhaps their lists had been recorded on earlier rolls. A some- 1 Pal. of Lancaster Assize Roll, 41, m. 8. 310 Lancashire Recusants and Quakers what later list, with Mr. Joseph Gillow's account of the victims, will be found in the Catholic Record Society's volume, Miscellanea, v. It will be observed that in the majority of cases a conviction was recorded, but that some of the accused contrived to defer sentence. These were landowners who no doubt wished to stave off the sequestration of two-thirds of their estates as long as possible. In the following list, where no occupation is here given, " husbandman " must be understood. The names were: RAINHILL. John Lancaster, gentleman; Richard Ackers, yeoman; Edward Stringfellow. KIRKBY-IN-WALTON. Lawrence Stananought and Margaret his wife; Edward Tatlock, yeoman, and Jane his wife; John Tatlock and Mary his wife; Anne, wife of Robert Norris; Dorothy, wife of John Burton. GARSTON. Ralph Plumb, yeoman; Henry Hoole; Ellen Tailor, spinster; Anne Miller, spinster; Henry and Thomas Hichmough; William Dwaryhowse; Margaret Plumb, spinster. FORMBY. Richard Formby, gentleman; Philip Norres, William Blevin, Cuthbert Formby, Edward Andoe, John Matthew, Edmund Ryding. LITTLE WOOLTON. William Hunt, Elizabeth Miller, widow. MUCH WOOLTON. Mary Quick, widow; Robert Quick and Mary his wife; Sarah Cooke, widow; Margery Quick, spinster; William Pendleton and Jane his wife. RAINFORD. Mary, Margaret, and Dorothy Lathome, spinsters; Richard Lancaster and Christiana his wife; William Gallon and Jane his wife; Richard Nailer and Ellen his wife; Mary Rainforth, spinster; Jane Carrow, spinster. EVERTON. Thomas Speakeman, blacksmith. WALTON-WITH-FAZAKERLEY. [blank] Breres, gentleman, and his wife [blank]; Mary Tarleton, widow; James Topping and his wife [blank]; Anne Turner, widow; John Turner. SPEAKE. Thomas Harrison; Margaret Ryce, widow; Alice Edmondson, spinster; Thomas Crooke and Alice his wife; William Challenor; Ellen Cooke, widow; Henry Mollineux, yeoman; George Holme and Alice his wife. PARR. Bryan Howard, yeoman ; Elizabeth Parr, spinster; Margaret Owen, spinster. WINDLE. Richard Egerton; Thomas Tailer, yeoman, and Lancashire Recusants and Quakers 31.1 Ellen his wife; Jane Travis, widow; John Travis and Jane his wife; Anne Wainewright, widow; Margery, wife of John Eddle- ston; Ellen Arrowsmith, widow ; Margaret Holland, spinster. ECCLESTON-BY-KNOWSLEY. EllenorEccleston, widow; Thomas Walton, gentleman, and Mary his wife; Frances Hayward, spinster; John Travis. BOLD. -Christopher Jackson, yeoman; James Foster; Mar­ garet, wife of Gilbert Arrowsmith ; Anne Cowley, spinster. ALLERTON. William Lathome, yeoman; Henry Miller; Ellen Hey, spinster. DITTON. John Houghton, gentleman, and Elizabeth his wife ; Hugh Rawson; Esther Entwisley, spinster; Sacra Tildsley, spinster; James Cowley and his wife [blank], CHILDWALL. Katharine Carter, widow. TARBUCK. Richard Carter. HYTON-WITH-ROBY. John Hunt; John Lawrenson. WHISTON. Anne Ashton, spinster; John Hunt and Elizabeth his wife; Anne Lyon, widow; Alice Forrest, spinster; Mary Kase, spinster; John Ford and Margaret his wife; Anne Standish, spinster; Jane Gryffith, spinster; Margaret Hoghton, spinster; Mary Challoner, spinster. LATHOME. Richard Mosse and Elizabeth his wife; Edward Mosse, yeoman; Thomas Ayscogh, yeoman, and Ellenor his wife; Thomas Burscogh; James Burscogh, yeoman, and Mar­ garet his wife; Thomas Waring, yeoman, and Dorothy his wife; Richard Waring the elder, yeoman; Elizabeth Holland, widow; Henry Holland, yeoman. [No place]. Peter Aspinwall and Cisley his wife. SKELMERSDALE. Henry Mosse, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife; William Mosse and Elizabeth his wife; Edward Mosse; James Ascrofte, yeoman, and Katherine his wife; Ralph Hol­ land, yeoman, and Mary his wife; James Ascrofte the elder, yeoman; Richard Mosse, yeoman, and Margaret his wife; Michael Chernock, yeoman, and Anne his wife; Anne, wife of Richard Ashurst, yeoman; Edward Mosse and Margaret his wife ; Joan Mosse, widow ; Hugh and Henry Mosse. BURSCOGH. Cuthbert Halsall, yeoman; John Fletcher, yeoman, and Ellen his wife; Richard Culcheth and Alice his wife ; Francis Massam, yeoman, and Mary his wife. AUGHTON. Gabriel Hesketh, esquire; Peter Stanley, gentle­ man ; Edward Stanley, gentleman, and Margaret his wife. SCARISBRICK. James Scarisbrick, esquire, and his wife [blank]; Frances Scarisbrick. widow; Hugh Worthington, yeoman, and Margaret his wife; Richard Waring, yeoman, and Ellen his wife; Mary Sharp, spinster. SEPHTON, NETHERTON, AND LUNT. Nicholas Shepperd, yeoman, and Ellen his wife; Robert Shepperd, yeoman, and 312 Lancashire Recusants and Quakers Alice his wife; Ellen Pinnington, widow; Margaret, wife of Richard Mollineux, yeoman; Katherine, wife of Nicholas Bolton; Robert Mailing, yeoman; Peter Hurdes, yeoman, and Alice his wife; Anne Hurdes, widow; Robert Fleetwood and Margery his wife; Richard Abram and Anne his wife; Margaret, wife of William Daile, yeoman; Margery, wife of William Copple, yeoman; Nicholas Aughton and Anne his wife; Peter Stock; Ellen Stock, widow; John Bennett and Joan his wife; William Bootle, yeoman, and Ellen his wife; Margaret Bolton, spinster; Robert Tarleton and Alice his wife; Edmund Booth, yeoman, and Alice his wife; Anne, wife of Robert Tristram, yeoman; Thomas Tyrer and Anne his wife; Richard Gerrard, yeoman, and Margaret his wife; James Nayler; Ellen Nailor, widow; Anne, wife of John Gorsuch; Richard Aughton, yeoman, and Ellen his wife; Ellen Greene, widow; Robert Bolton and Mary his wife. GREAT CROSBY. Jane Johnson, widow; Thomas Rothwell, yeoman, and Mary his wife; Richard Poole, yeoman; John Lunt, yeoman; William Lunt and Margaret his wife; George Mercer, yeoman, and Anne his wife; Nicholas Lurting, yeoman; Henry Mercer, yeoman, and Katherine his wife; Edward Alcock and Jane his wife; Henry Atherton, yeoman, and Anne his wife; Margery Hatton, widow; Richard Arnold, yeoman; Thomas Thellow and Mary his wife; Alice, wife of Henry Aspin- wall; Richard Hatton, yeoman, and Margaret his wife; William Rydgyate; William Fisher, yeoman, and Ellen his wife; Law­ rence Sharpe, yeoman; Richard Fazakerley; Richard Cartwright, yeoman, and Margaret his wife; William Johnson, yeoman; Henry Blundell of Ince Blundell, esquire, and Bridget his wife; Edmund Mollineux, yeoman, and Katherine his wife; Symon Worrall, yeoman, and Margaret his wife; James Ryce; William Blanchard and Cisley his wife; Robert Holme; Richard Blundell and Jane his wife; Henry Formby, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife; Margaret Mollineux, widow; Robert Formby; Robert Tompson and Margery his wife ; Robert Hill, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife; Elizabeth Couldock, widow; John Melling and Margaret his wife; Lawrence Blundell, yeoman, and Ellen his wife; Elizabeth Wilson, widow. LITTLE CROSBY. William Blundell, esquire; Robert Moore- crofte, yeoman, and Katherine his wife; John and Ralph Barton ; Thomas Rothwell and Ellen his wife; Margaret Rothwell, widow; John Marrew and Cisley his wife; Ellen Davy, widow; Margaret Ryce the elder, widow; Margaret Ryce the younger, widow; Hugh Reynolds; Humphrey Blundell; William Stock; William Arnold; James Ryce and Joan his wife; Thomas Farrar: Richard Davy and Elizabeth his wife; Ellen Worrall, widow; Ellen Mercer, widow; William Widdowes and Alice his wife; Lancashire Recusants and Quakers 313 Thomas Tickle; Nicholas Blundell; John Johnson; John Ryding and Anne his wife; John Rogerson and Ellen his wife; Bryan Bryanson; Ellen Blundell, widow; Robert Tompson and Anne his wife; John Blanchard; William Bushell; Brian Lea; Thomas Mercer and Elizabeth his wife; Isabel Ryding, spinster; George Ryding. LITHERLAND. Thomas Tyrer, yeoman, and Margery his wife ; Anthony Mercer, yeoman; Henry Tristram and Anne his wife; William Lydgate and Grace his wife; Jane and Jennet Bootle, spinsters. ORRELL AND FORD. Jane Worrall, widow; Ellen, wife of Richard Worrall; Anne Couldock, widow; Anne Hurdes, widow; Elizabeth Tarleton, widow; Alexander Tarleton and Anne his wife. AINTREE. [blank] Lathome, widow; Elizabeth Wignall, widow. ALKAR. Thomas Worthington, gentleman; John Button, yeoman; Cisley and Isabel Sutton, spinsters; William Wright; Thomas Reynold; John Lenicar; Mary Lovelady, spinster; John and Thomas Wilson; Elizabeth Wilson, spinster; James Gore ; Thomas Tickle; William Speake; Jane Sutton, spinster; Margaret Livesay, spinster; William Ryding; Robert Harvey; William Prescott;